The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-12-19
PERSONAL.

GOSSIP says Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland is
about to marry young clergyman.
THE Prince of Wales admits that he is trying
TO bring his boys up in the way he should have
gone
THE New York Press Club is talking of
erecting monument over Horace Greeley's
grave.
ANTON RUBINsTEIN has endeavored to fuse the
operate and oratorio styles in a new work en-.
titled Moses
A PosTHUMoUs opera of Flotow's, entitled
1.-THE Musician" has been produced, with fair
success, at Hanover.
A REPRESENTATIVE of the Hendricks Monu-
ment Association, at indianapolis, is canvassing
Missouri for contributions.
CLARA MORRIS has accepted a new emotional
drama by Mr.. Clinton Stuart, and will produce
it at the New York Star Theatre during Easter
week.
THE Chinese government has Just appointed
Henry Merrill Chief Commissioner of Customs
at Corea, at a salary of $4,000. Henry is a Yer
mont boy.
GEN. MoIrKE is reported to have said re-
Gently: I'm my youth il was predicted l should
take part in three great wars have taken
part in two"
SIR CHARLES dixie is a fine swordsman. He
recently gave n fencing exhibition to the vet
Grams of the Chelsea Hospital, England. He
fences well against his intellectual foee also.
JAcoB SHARP's doctor says his patient has val.
vular disease of the heart and cannot live more
than a twevemonth The jury on Sharps next
trial is expected to ask itself what will be the
good of convicting man like that.
THE will of Mrs. vrania Humphrey, formerly
of Brooklyn, \. Y, and lately of Norfolk, Conn.
makes requests aggregating SSS.500 to various
religious charitable and educational insttu-
tons including $4,000 to Yale College. Mrs.
Humphrey was a sister of Joseph Battell, who
gave Yale $4,000, and after whom Battell
Chapel is named.
SAYS the New York Graphic: "Apropos of
Mrs. w. X. Vanderbilt it is said that she and her
husband have settled 81 900 year on the for
mer's sister. Miss Minnie Smith. who is now en-
gagged for the -th time, and who this time has
announced Turin as the scene of her coming
nuptials although nobody seems able to eak
with authority on the name OF the latest lucky
man"
ExPREsrDEST GREW is an exquisite classical
scholar. He loves music aud painting. and mas
a cuastened eye in writing and speaking. The
passions OF his old age are money and his daugli-
ter, without whom ne could not live Nine.
Grevy was formerly general servant in the en-
ploy of the first wife of the ex-French President
and Nine. Wilson was born prior to the mar
riage of her parents H|E
CALLERS 20 later every day to make Cabinet
calls. Mrs, Whitney did not admit anyone TO
the house until after o'clock, Wednesday.
Mrs. Villas is still unable TO be down stairs, as
she was last week. She has heavy cold, and
with lack q exercise, caused by confinement to
the house, has come utter loss of appetite. She
is living upon boiled milk. Mrs. Fairchid was
assisted in her reception, Wednesday, by her
mother. Mrs. Licklaen Miss Trenholm and her
cousin, Miss Macbeth, of Charleston, and Miss
Rosecrans, who poured tea.
Hrs COLLEAGUES are telling a good story on
Tim Campbell, member of Congress from
New York city. IL seems that Tim" was re-
Gently asked to dine by a distinguished New
Yorker who wanted his influence for something
or other His host has a handsome house, and
the dinner was all that money could provide or
taste desire Tim" realized that it was very
fine affair. and thought he ought 20 say Some-
thing about it. He racked his brain for an APP
propriate compliment, and finally turned to his
hostess with: Il tell you what, Mrs. Smith.
there's no flies on this dinner 10 make it all
the funnier, Mrs Smith did not know slang very
well, and remarked innocently: mo, Mr.
Campbell, we have screens at all our
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